Egg-cooker



W. LOU CKS.

Egg Cooker.

Patentd June 13, 1865.

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UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

WESLEY LOUCKS, OF SUHOHARIE, NEW YORK.

EGG-COOKER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,190, dated June 13,1665.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WESLEY LoUoKs, ofSchoharie, in the county of Schoharie andState of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Kitchen Utensil,which I call an Egg-Cooker andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawlugs,forming a part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 isatop view ofmy egg-cooker; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same; and Fig. 3, avertical central section thereof as it appears when open to receive theeggs, or for the purpose of allowing the eggs to be removed after beingcooked. The red lines in Fig. 2 illustrate the movement of theegg-cooker on its axis or bearings, and the red linesin Fig. 3illustrate the movement of one half of the eggcooker on its hinge-joint,or the opening and closing operation of the respective halves of the eg-cooker.

Similar letters ofreference in the several figures indicatecorresponding parts.

Myinvention consists in the egg-cooker hereinafter described, as a newarticle of manufacture, the same enabling the frying of several eggs atone time and on both sides, without the necessity of turning them with aknife or other like implement, it also keeping the eggs separate fromone another, and likewise admitting of the ready removal of the'cookedeggs and the insertion of a new lot without the necessity of readjustingthe egg-cooker to its starting position or condition.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention,I willproceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

Ais a conic or flaring ring-support, cast with a handle, a, and legs bb, as represented. In the upper edge of this support four notches, c c dd, are cast, those a 0 being very nearly opposite those 01 d. Thesenotches are rectangular in form. At right angles to these notches thereare cast in the upper edge of the support two other notches, e 6, one ofwhich is diametrically opposite the other. The notches e e are roundingat their bottom; and as these notches are tosupport the journals ofanother part of the egg-cooker, the metal about them is made thicker andextended upward a short distance above the edge of the ring-support A,as represented.

B B are two circular plates with several concave circular depressions intheir faces, and

with convex circular projections on their outer surfaces, as indicatedby thelettersfg. These depressions are separated from one another, asrepresented, and when the two faces of the plates are brought snuglytogether, full, oval, or elliptic shaped chambers for the eggs areformed, as represented in Fig. 3 by the black and red lines.

On each plate, at opposite points, semicylim dric journals h h are cast,as shown; and on 7 each plate at right angles to these journalshinging-earst'i are also cast. The earsz'extend back and upward, whilethe ears '5 extend backand downward, as represented. The upwardextendingears are set closer together than the downward-extendin g ones, and juststand within the same, as represented. Each plate on its outer surface,and at a point near their circumference and opposite the point where thehinging lugs or ears are located, is furnished with a fin ger-piece, j,as. represented. The two plates thus constructed are pivoted together bypassing pivots or pintles through the respective pairs of ears i t", asrepresented. When the plates are pivoted together and laid upon oneanother the half-journals. h h form full cylindric journals, asrepresentedin Fig. 2. These journals fitin the notchesee, while one setof the ears of one plate restin one set of the notchesc c and old. Whenthe twoplates are swung round on their journals and the upper platebecomes the lower plate, the other pair of cars or lugs of the upperplate fall into the other set of the notches ccand d d. After the eggsare cooked, or in order .to insert the eggs to be cooked, the plateWhichis on top is thrown up on its hingeconnection, as shown in blacklines in Fig. 3. When the plate is thus thrown up the extensions of theears orlu gs serve as stops or stays to prevent it from falling over toofar. They also re tain the plate in its adjusted position, rendering itunnecessary to apply the hands to it at ter the adjustment has beeneffected.

1 From theforegoin g descriptionit will be seen that the eggs can becooked on one side, then inverted to be cooked on the other, and afterbeing cooked can be taken out separately, it

only being necessary to adjust the plate tothe position shown in Fig. 3,and put a knife or other implement under each egg and liftit out of itscell. The eggs being removed, a new lot may be introduced before theplate which was thrown up is brought down.

The egg-cooker herein described is adapted by means of its legs or feetto fit the holes in a range or stove, and is supported by the metalwhich incloses said holes, as will be evident.

I am aware that it is not new to make cupshaped depressions orcavitiesin a singleplate or utensil adapted for frying or cooking eggs,therefore I make no claim to such a single plate or utensil. I am alsoaware thatthe principle of revolving an apparatus in which to fry orbroil meats is not now, therefore I make no claim to such principle. Iam not aware, however, that an egg-cooker which is constructed as I haveshown, and adapted for frying eggs on both sides, as set forth, has everbeen manufactured or known; and, therefore,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The within-described egg-cooker, as a new article of manufacture.

WESLEY LOUOKS. Witnesses:

DURYEE BEEKMAN, CALEB CARPENTER.

